Yesterday was low-grade depression. Today is mid-level anxiety. Both are mitigated by the fact that I can be open about what's wrong. There was a time when I felt I had to lie about why I was cancelling plans; if you're still there, I recommend giving people the chance to treat you with compassion.

In case anyone is wondering, I did, in fact, go out to catch a few Pokemon and grab something to eat.

I want to go out and I am trying mightily to do it. Yes, I am horrified and angry and despondent about the state of the world. But that's not the problem right now. The problem right now is that I can't seem to force myself to get out of bed. I'm not even Depressed. I'm just stuck.

This is Peanut. He's on someone's lap, wearing a fleece-lined jacket, and safe inside a car. But he's positive he could take that wolf. 12/10 (TT: peanutthepomapoo)

I know it's a distraction or whatever, but I love everything about this story.

As an American, I am enraged. As a Jew, I am increasingly nervous. As a human, I am despondent. As a woman, I am just trying to get my everyday shit handled.

MAR10 = date today MARIO = dunna dunna dunna

It has hit the news, it just isn't a problem for Republicans because this is their identity. They *want* this to make news, and reassure bigots that they can count on their leadership to hate the right people. It's a career strategy because it works - this is what their base likes.

Fanfuckingtastic

Since we're on the subject, the old Jets are now the Mammoth, no matter how staunchly the NHL denies it. When an entire team of players (and prospects! and draft pics! and all hockey ops!) moves from city A to city B, that's a team relocation, regardless of the corporate shenanigans involved.

Dan gets it!

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

THE JETS ARE DEMONSTRABLY NOT THE JETS AND I WILL 100% DIE ON THIS STUPID HILL

I can't get over the fact that Corey Perry did something bad enough to void his CHI contract, but not bad enough to bring any actual negative consequences.

The German-Jewish refugee turned around and fought in the Pacific Theater before becoming a small-business owner (he was a cook who owned a luncheonette). The track star who delayed college to get his family through the Great Depression went on to become an engineer. I am a waste of amazing genes.

> @fritschner.bsky.social

INSIDERRRRRS

My god, the hoops you have to jump through to *remain* a substitute teacher in New Jersey? There has never been a complaint against me or any other threat to my sub license other than the passage of time, yet I have to pay >$100, provide my college transcript AGAIN and answer these riddles three...

The tv in this waiting room is stressing me out more than my impending root canal is.

Oh, I get it. When gas prices skyrocket, people look to trade for electric cars. Not sure how it took me this long.

Rob Schneider

Meanwhile, at HomeGoods

Remember that Israelis, like Americans, are at least as likely to be victims of their own government as supporters of it. My cousins are hiding in bunkers right now, which is actually a pretty common occurrence. Not a single one of them is pro-Netanyahu.

"Why do my politically progressive Jewish friends seem skittish when the topic turns to Israel? Don't they understand that 'Israel' is not the same as 'Jews'?" We do! But we also see an awful lot of this:

I'm in a waiting room and they have the tv on and that voice alone makes me want to put my fist through a wall.

I would love to have one single day in which I experience zero gut-wrenching fear. Never had one, not sure I'll ever get one. Terror is my defining characteristic. All of which is to say: If I disappear from this platform again, it will be because my life is already one big doomscroll.

This is not as funny as my overtaxed brain is making it!

Gentle reminder that if your stock answer to every societal problem is "throw money at it," then you're telling an entire swath of people that we can't be part of the solution. I'm supposed to be donating to independent journalists, women's sports, LGBT+ organizations, legal aid for immigrants...

writing a song for every single bird species: Gambel’s Quail edition…

To the owner of the white Tesla with California vanity plate “TESLUT” circle back for a minute I just wanna talk

My hot take: It's good, actually, that we're talking about the descent of our nation into fascism instead of talking about hockey. Sport provides too much cover for too many horrible things. It needs to be punctured, and punctured often.

I bet PKane is gutted that he didn't get to crush a brew with Kash Patel and exchange tricks of the trade with Trump.

I know I said I hope she kicks her sons' asses, and I do!, but this seems like a good time for a reminder that Ellen Weinberg-Hughes is not responsible for the actions of her grown offspring. We all need to fight the reflex to look for a woman to blame for the bad behavior of men.

Seravalli is, and always has been, a PoS.

This isn't rhetorical. Does your team still have "ice girls"?

Apropos of nothing, what's the state of NHL ice crews in 2026? From what I can see, three teams - the Stars, the Ducks and the Golden Knights - still have half-dressed women clearing the ice. Am I missing anyone else, or did the other teams all go co-ed?

The Mighty Milkshake Ducks.

I would love to hang out here and apologize for myself and my country and capitalism overall, but I have to call my health insurance carrier to see if it's possible for me to get a competently-performed root canal within a 2-hour drive from home.

I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime

I also wrote to the New Jersey Devils, who are (predictably) using Jack Hughes's gold medal-clinching goal as a marketing tool.

LRT: Thank god.

> @nbcnews.com

The email I sent, fwiw. I also included my hometown, just for emphasis. I cropped it out here for what I assume are obvious reasons.

I just saw the video of Trump's call with the men's team, with Jack Hughes right up front, laughing and nodding along. I hope his mother lets him know how ashamed she, and the rest of us, are of him in this moment. I'm past anger now and into sadness.

Here’s how to contact USA Hockey: [email protected]

Truth has inherent value.

In case anyone is wondering - yes, the rest of the world has seen the Patel/Team USA video. However embarrassed we feel right now, we're not embarrassed enough.

That's Team USA singing the same Toby Keith song that includes the line "we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way," all while Kash fucking Patel gets to bro out with a gold medal around his neck. Maybe your personal favorite player isn't joining in, but I wouldn't count on it.

They've already cancelled my pottery class for tomorrow night. While I'm snowed in AGAIN, two innocent clay dragons are in danger of suffering fatal dehydration.😢

Oh no, Shaun King, you shall NOT trick me into posting about Israel, but fuck you very much for trying.